
Interpreter Mistakes in a Protection Visa Interview: What Can You Do?
PROTECTION VISA • SUBCLASS 866 • INTERPRETERS • PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS Interpreter Mistakes in a Protection Visa Interview: What Can You Do? Interpreter problems can materially affect a Protection visa interview when a question, answer, dialect, name or important concept is mistranslated. Concerns should be identified as specifically and promptly as possible. A useful response identifies the exact passage or issue, the correct meaning, why the interpretation was wrong and whether the error could have affected a material fact. General statements that ‘the interpreter was bad’ are usually less useful than precise evidence. The legal framework A Subclass 866 Protection visa
